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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
ttgapers.com reports that “Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday have agreed in principle that Trinidad and Tobago needs a new constitution”, but B.C. Pires is not convinced that was the only item on their agenda: “What you think they will discuss at the ‘Diplomatic Centre'? Matters of national importance? Or matters of [...]
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
The Voice of the Taino People Online says that a delegation of indigenous leaders that attended the Fifth Summit of the Americas was disappointed at their reception: “While Trinidad’s Prime Minister Patrick Manning publicly declared his desire for the Summit to achieve prosperity for the peoples of the Americas with commitment and mutual respect, the [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/18/2009
The host country of the fifth Summit of the Americas, Trinidad and Tobago, on Friday stressed the importance for nations in the hemisphere to share energy resources among themselves. Speaking at the opening of the summit here, Prime Minister Patrick Manning named Canada, Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and his own country as nations rich in oil and...
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Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 02/04/2009
The rescue plan which the Trinidad and Tobago government has for the CL Financial Group is on pause, for now, with the Patrick Manning administration unable to get the parliamentary support for legislation needed for the bailout.
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Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 02/04/2009
The Patrick Manning administration heads back to the Trinidad and Tobago parliament today hoping to push through amendments to the island's central bank and insurance industry laws to give regulators formal authority to take over the investment banking and insurance...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 02/02/2009
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago's local banking sector has given the thumbs up to the Patrick Manning administration's decision to come to the rescue of CL Financial.In a statement issued on the weekend, the Bankers' Association of Trinidad and Tobago...